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SALVAGING BELONGINGS — Mike Doyle, left in
sweater and hat, unidentified man, and $ome
neighbour children look through the wreckage of Mr.
Doyle's brother Ted's house trailer Sunday, about an
°V hour after the Hibbert tornado blew the trailer and
it's 11 occupants fifty feet from a cement foundation
into the tree at left. A few, of Ted Doyle's
possessions, including a TV set came out of'the
tornado unscathed. Three members of the Doyle
family suffered back injuries as a result of the
incident.
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A' well organi4ed after the trailer) were destroyed on never know there was a driving wonderful", she added,
storm clean-up is well underway Sunday. shed here" said Atfrte Melady The C.W.L. of St. ColumbAn w
in Hibbert Township following Mrs. Joe O'Reilly said that ' Wednesday.' Her fat her Ted's Church served a' Hoon ttpettl'
m Sunday afternoon's tornado, much of the clean-up would have shed was destroyed Sunday. Wednesday to the-- clean, -up'
Hibbert Reeve Ross McPhail to be done by men on foot since "It's been cleaned up to the workers at all the effected farms.
estimated that 150 men were in the land was still too soft to allow foundation". Today the area Women ,9
the TownshipWednesday with Mrs. O'Reilly said that 5.0 or 60 Institutes are' planning to take Ate
Y machinery on it• Fa niers in 'th.e..-•-•men were expected Wednesday the job of feeding the volunteer;;,
tractor's, wagons and trucks stricken area are hop�Iake
g to get the p - Y g
helping clean up the farms which fields cleared of deis so that and that a carpenter and helpers As .well as an equipment shed
were hit hard by the sudden they can safely farm would hopefully start and,a large portion on their barn,
Sturm. machinery on the land when constructing new buildings today. the O'Reillys lost most of their
"I think we've learned to react Spring planting starts, "The neighbours have been just (Continued on Page 11)
faster since the last tornado seven
; 'Ross Boards and nails have been
years ago". said Mrsil
McPhail, the reeve's wife. "Then blown over a wide area and/yd-,"r "ere stunned for several make the fields dangerous to payle f V m y injure
days". The tornado, of 1962, machinery and livestock.
exactly seven - years ago Hardware that was scattered The Doyle family, who hospital for a week, Mr. Doyle's
vesterdav struck a wider area of about in the 1967 tornado caused were in Ted Doyle's house trailer sister Ellen, a London nurse, was
Huron and Perth causing about problems with livestock for years when it was thrown 50 feet by released from the hospital about
one million in damage and afterwards, Mrs. Theo. Melady, Sunday's tornado have found the time her brother was
destroying about 50 houses and who lives about a mile from the themselves with injuries which admitted.
barns. O'Reilly home, said. were not apparent immediately A sister-in-law, Mrs. Josd(iRine
Arca - farmers worked Because of the great response aftbr the incident. Doyle of Toronto, received a back
Wednesday cleaning 0 debris at of farmers in Hibbert and area, Mr. Doyle, a 64 year old injury which will keep h at
the farms of Ted Doyle, Joe the clean-up is preceding quickly, bachelor, entered Seaforth home for four or five weeks. A
O'Reilly. Louis McIver and Ted In some areas the destroyed Community Hospital Tuesday niece, Mrs. Margaret Martin of
Mclady and others where barns buildings have already been with a back injury. Dr. Roger Detroit had an ankle bone
(and Mr. Doyle's $12,000 house levelled and cleaned up. "You'd Whitman said he will be in chipped.
A tornado full of -savage fury
the living room when we were
near the barns were untouched.
Mary Smith of Detroit on it plane
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'ripped through a narrow three-
pitched forward,' recounted Ellen
No cattle were in the barns as Mr,
trip to Arizona. had sold the cattle
mile strip in the quiet farming
Doyle from her hospital bcd later,
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Doyle, who planned to leave
'about three weeks ago.
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area near St. Columban Sunday
She , said six-year-old Kathleen
Monday with his sister, Mrs.
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afternoon.
asked, 'Arc we all going to die?'
In its' wake were the demo-
fished mobile home of Ted Doyle
Dublin, harps
Ted Doyle said he looked out
the window and saw the L'arn go
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The$f2.000 trailer was lifted
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scattered aver a wide area, trees'
torn apart or ripped out, and a
off" its cement foundation and
apparently rolled over before. it
1974 budget
power blackout affecting, about
crashed bottom first about 50 feet
meeting,
13,000 Ontario Hydro customers
away into a large Manitobain
an area extending from west of
maple.. which kept it from rolling
Tile 1974 budget report of the
some recommendations on field
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Stratford to Lake Huron, plus
to the northeast. The trailer was a
Huron County Education System
trips, punting field trips under the
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thousands of customers west of
pile of twisted wreckage. A
will be presented to the Huron
microscope. because 'field trip~
Stratford to Kitchener and those
television set was later'rembved
County Boardfor consideration on
scent to be a topic that we re
CLEANING UR — Some the about 150 men who The cleanup was fairly well completed by
served by local municipal Public
unscratched, however-
Monda}', April 22. The meeting
getting filing up -on'.
of
Utilities Commissions such as
Miraculously, the eleven per-
will begin at 7:30 p.m. when the
WilfredShurt•ced, vice -Chairman
were helping their Hibbert Township neighbours Wednesday afternoon when the frame of the barn at
Stratford, . Godcrich, Seaforth,
sons inside the trailer escaped
Board will meet in committee -of-
of the Board, said "Some Schools
cleanup after Sunday's "fornado gather up metal right rear was burnt,, bringing out the'Seaforth Fire
and, Clinton.
serious injury. 'they .vere able to
the -whiffle fur: the first hour,
scent to be coming with more
debr.ts..onJh.e;Ted..Doyl.e.. farm. .W.ed.nes.d,ay..mo.rnj.ng. Department.
Like many ether homes on
get up themsch•cs or assisted one
following which the press will be
requests than others for field
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Sunday. Ted Doyle's two-year old
another from unlet: chairs and
allowed to sit in on the meeting,
trips.,,
mobile home was tilled with
other furnishings. All were taken
D. J. Cochrane, Director of
Mr. Cochrane said. "in "•„rld
Tuckersmith approves
Easter I guests. Visiting Mr. -
in cars to the Seaforth Community
Education, .said at the regular
affairs I goes,, we are talking'
Doyle, a 64 -year-old bachelor,
were his sister Ellen of Condon,
Hospital where they were treated
for mu
multiple bruises and abra-
board meeting to Clinton Mondav
trustees
that would he mailed
about a royal commission or it
task force." .
Vanastra Recreation with
Area w h
his brother Frank and' his
sions, minor lacerations and
collies of the budget no laterihan
",I.P.Alcxander ,,aid that he
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sister-in-law ,Josephine o1' Turon-
brush burns. The only one
Thursday so that each will be able
believed it was it matter ol'`
to, a nephew Martin Smith and
his wife Margaret and their five
admitted to the Seaforth Hospital
was Miss Doyle, a 56 -year-old
to study it .and, be prepared to
accept or reject it on Monday' '
communications, that when all.
things conic: to the surface it is
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S i m m i n 001 and i n
children of Detroit, Vicki, 1,7;
registered nurse at St. Mary's
next.
not
what it Scalls. He said that after
�1� i c area s planned
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Joann, 15; Tim, 12; Michael, 10;
Hospital in London. She suffered
Mr. Cochrane asked the
looking into the matter "I ams
and Kathleen, 6.
a badly bruised back as well as
trustees what their reaction would
satisfied••, He said he found "tit
A Vanastra Recreation Area sales of $130,000 payable in in other business Council open one as first requested.
•'Ted Frank, ,Joe and Margaret
other severe bruises-
to having a committee of
that principals can authorize tips
will be formed at Vanastra if the twenty years, Capital appointed Dick Eisler of Goderich Six requests for building
were playing cribbage in the
The two barns on the farm were
trustees,
trustees, administration,
that do not cost over a certain
Ontario Municipal Board will expenditures are expected to be as animal control officer for the permits were approved: Harold
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kitchen and the rest of us were in
flatiened, yet two wooden sheds
principals and teachers tnakine
approve, the project, according to $163,012. A community hall and township effective May 1. Dog Turnbull, Egmondvitle,•a garage;
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Tuckersmd
ith Council. curling rink (to be used for both tags will be issued as soon as they John Duddy, Vanastra, addition
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BARN FLATTENED -- This barn on the farm of Ted
Doyle near St. Columban was flattened bysunday's
tornado. Mr. Doyle and 10 guests were in his house
trailer when the storm struck and, carried them, and
NO MORE SHED --All that remAlned of this shed on
Joe O'Reilly's farm on Sunday about an hour after
the tornado struck was this side wall "leaning on a
couple of, tractors. Much of the equipment in the
shed was safe but Mrs. O'Reilly said Wednesday
E)evcn reStdenis presente a
petition to members of council at
a meeting .Tuesday .night. The
petition bears 96 names or 79 per
cent -of the names of registered
property owners at Vanastra and
requests that the Township of
Tuckersmith set up the recreation
area;
The go-ahead was given when
Cleave Coombs of Egmondville
made the motion to accept the
petition and this was seconded by
Vince Fowlie of Vanastra. Clerk
James McIntosh was authorized
to prepare the necessary by-law.
Dick Lehnen was spbkesman
for the group and outlined the
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skating and curling) ,.will be
purchased plus° furnishings and
equipment, a picnic pavillion will
be erected in the park, a baseball
diamond will kc built also a
swintnting pool and other
expenditures.
Mr. Letmrin outlined sources of
revenue such as fees levied
against those parsons using the
pool• the curling rink, playing
minor huckev, ' hall rentals.
community dances, tuck shop,
etc.
can be printed.
A tile drainage loan request
was granted.
The assesse4 owners on the
Dill Drain met 'again to try and
reach an agreement whether to
have the drain open or closed.
The owners are about evenly
divided, with half wanting it open
and half closed. Council decided
to refer the drain report back to
the engineer 'to implement the
request of several owners to make
it a closed drain instead of an
to house; Harold Black, a new
house; Robert Watson,
Egmondville, a garage; T.
Handy. Harpurhev, a garage and
Stewart Broadfoot, Brucefield, a
sundeck.
Passed for payment were hydro
accounts for Township shed,
$44.37;0 and Egm6n&ille water,
$152.14.
Council was notified that Huron
County Health Unit had approved
septic tanks for Brian Kennedy of
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the trailer for, 50 feet before landing against a large The by-law will authorize the
Manitoba Maple tree. Neighbours and other appointment by council bf
volunteers worked this week cleaning up the debris members to tic Community y'
at Mr. Doyle's place. (Staff Photo) Centre Board consisting of two
members of Tuckersmith Council:. 'titi
(reeve plus one other member) '
and five arca residents. The
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council named the five area
dents and the clerk will
contact them to see if they will
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accept the appointment. Council
members are Reeve Elgir
Thompson and Deputy Reev<`
Ervin Sillery.
The clerk will appf to tht
Ministry of Community and Socia
Services for grants on the arena. Mas ALViN REGiER GUS EDER
hall and pool, estimated at MRS. CirAtR CAMPBELL
*; $30,000.
"` �'' '' The p titioners have a reed to �supportethe proposed gproject Wi $1000` ' lottery
throw h taxes levied (i 2 mills for
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properties and designates Two Seaforth women are was one lucky winner and'heard Gus Eder of Eder s Variety in
that wrenches and other tools and things that were in Registered Plans 22 and 23 as the $1.000 richer this week because about her good fortune on TV Brussels also won $1,000.
Recreation area. it is estimated they held winning tickets in the 'when the draws were made Mrs. Clair Campbell was also
the shed and a barn that was partly destroyed were each owner will pay about $17.40 Olympic Canada Lottery, A Monday night. "My first three the holder of a $1,M0 tieke't
still being found on neighbours farms miles away, this year. Brussel's man also won a 51,000 numbers were in the wrong Amazingly enough, Mri.
where they had been blown by the storm. Tuckersmith Township will prize. sequence to win the quarter of a Ctimpbeil's- daughter Jean, a
(Staff Photos finance the project by debenture Mrs, Alvin Regier of Seaforth million", Mrs. Regter said, (Continued on Page 16)•
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